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A 'STRAIGHTFORWARD RULING
IN" CLOSING the m-hbox formcily open
at the S'mday concerts in tin- Academy
of the Fine An Major Moore lias udlie-n-d
to n safe pimiiple. ll' li.is enforced the
law.
The wisdom u unwisdom of the ,ii t. tho
merit of the conceits, the dinVuiM of linane
ins them am questions apait from that on
which Mr. Moore has fixed his nttentiou.
The unpopularity of nnv law can never be
tnnde effective until it ii enforced.
John II. Ingham, a member of the com
mittee in charge of the concerts, is not to be
doubted when he declares that the S-lfi of
nverago voluntary contributions is Insuffi
cient to finance tho entertainments. A gen
erous and cultured public spirit manifested
by the promoters is unquestionably the chief
backer.
It would be deeply resetted should the
tnterpric be venous!) i rippled by the ruling.
But should it be deemed necpsnr. the
jemedy in this (,i.s. u in so miiu others,
can only be a-iplied at the root of the difli
culty. THE QUORUM QUANDARY
THE nation, according to Vae President
Mar-hall, need- mo-t of ail a good tho
cent cigar, l'mludelphian- while not in
clined perhaps to dispute his assertion in
the genpral sense, raunot but feel, if tho
top to think for a moment, that a different
cure is required for certain local afflictions.
There is a character in 'Through the
Looking (rials'" who deplores the impossi
bility of catcliinj a banderanuti-ii. Tor
bandprstmteh m this (uuiniuniiy read
quorum.
That elusive instnimvii' f progic-s mi
public works ami enterprises has butlled the
Board of Public Education repeatedly. No
body could find one anywhere when the
Delaware I'ridge Commission tried to meet
yesterday
In consequent e. two rnuii'Us' pnj , oining
to this bodv's fiii'.iovt s is he'd up for two
months ami ttie contracrs for river horinga
ere uunwartleil On three s'iccesve o-ca-hiouh
the cfiiimiissinn has failed to function
through n ln K ot :i working tupresenlulioii
of it.s memb r-
Anybody wlio nl gel mi the trail of strav
quorums (or tnorii i will nintribute mightily
to removing the blight attacking in mutiy
cases the Mt-r. .tf uiuun ipnl ilew'iiniHoi
LIBERATING THE CATHEDRAL
TAXPA VAl -in'-, ani pr tic-is ugam-t
chnrte-s hie ,i'. nin pit.gn-s j,ic u
common 1,1 I'hi.atleiphi" that i. .. eeiiotis
raised against t onstrue t.e,:i .,t j i. jginht ent
new Prntcstiiut Epse.pi . .,r ,o-u! t hurt h
neither stutt'ed nor suipre-c. i mm i
nity UlWrue t eiiuiM rat ti - .i. n garth d
somewhu' m m,,, i,..,,, ,,f ,, , -ji,. ir
liminaries
It is ine, .,ii i.ow ,ii '.i j,,. .at ij,e
conventieiiiiil qu. i nlou -inic has bet ri.
passed Judfc Stna'e :.a- ei;-m,sc(l the
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familiar and pcitifceggini; vjrietv unit U hail I
e tin lt-i-:i no ' 't ' Ittijs. II.' si f,i rileln ,,r u
been filed itgamst tne ,iim.i iati.en (,f tuc
project The ihai'tr foi 1.1 i,i;h,jeU ha
been granted
Fortunaleiv tae uu.lt laking . no' iielun
gered by the pitluil- e.t pe, iti-- .illtl it i.
probable ih.T w..i .ii ..n. ... ,,. hiinu
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A WAY TO STOP STRIKES
THE COntelCI, e I,.
lVnn-y him a it
representative - ,,i t
.i . e.th. . n ' i...
.a I Compj" . U-, 1
n.ilo t j m this ,e v
I tlei .., at 1 v .c.t
. ' iiiiiietn ni.'rtud
this Week VV.li tlileij , .
tlie jerovisious of I . I -. .
low to pre Vflil st I ,
The law prov . - 1
ball have c . rtu.it - i. i i
It provides for r.-g,. in! '
rcprescuiatives ..i t! . n.
' o it ..ut) ti.at
ikiji. tie. i, aurl
.eitli made ip of
oll'l- Ulnl tif t'leif
employei,. v 1 on. iuu -i ,, i, ,., ,xainiiiP
into nil gnevau.es aud t.. te. o.iuue n,j uuv
to remove i'ii in If 'Ion is i,., agrpement
or If tae award i- no .atisiut to' v . either
side mav appal to t!.- general luhoi ly,aid
It is to nuke nriung iu tits f, ftmnjig
the regional or Im al aeljustine nt b.,aiel ,,r
committee that tin- luufi-nii'i- w.i. ,a!h-.
According to tht tl....ry of the ;, , strikes
arise heciiuse ihere lias been im ml. .iate
way for adjusting gnevati'' If i,,. , ,
plojers and emp'oyes ,j . hrt.ngl.t t,
gether around a table in disu,.. t. .,( ,
tlon, il was belt, ve.l -n the- tuu-.-, ,, ,,K
hatisfactiou could l- ieii,..i, ,,r ,f ,l(pt ro
moved, the ni"n or it,,, emplovti. n.i ! 1
led to adjust thetin-elves tempornnlv to u
conditio'- which theN ,ji,i i ,i0 , ,). ,1(Jlie
that the dilhcultie. m'ght b.. ir-inorecl m the
course of time
Although il... Ia as .i,.,.., ul spng,
this conf rente bt..i, p.. t lllU )f f
Pcnnsylvaniu sistmi ami repre sentudves of
its men is. so fur us Kii.iwh. the first that
his been held Vi. e Pi.mdent Atlerburv
cbarnpterr.pd it as Mini . ,u t i n t il was the
first lime that the compunv had cnlle,) the
representatives of its men into conference
nitherto what conferences have been held
httTo been ut the solicitation of the men nio
wished increased wages or readjustment of
the working conditions
The new plan will work out satisfactorily
If both parties to il enter negotiations In
good faith with a sincere desire to reach an
surccmcnt. Many labor troubles have arisen
n tho pst be nuso there was lock of con
1 ci.'c belvt ne einuloyers nnd Hi men
The men hnvc thought thnt their employers
wore treating them unfairly ami the cm
ployors have been convinced that the men
were Indifferent to everything but their own
"private interests. If there Is to be Industrial
peace thpre mut be a disposition on both
allies to give ns well as to take. There will
he no need for anti-strike legislation when
l"ls "'posinon is general, tor men nil nil-
tercnecs can be settled amicably without
interruption in business.
CHRISTMAS: A MIRACLE OF
THE FORGOTTEN MORAL LAW
Once Every Year, Despite All That the
World Can Do, It Knows One
Day of .Peace
rplli; Man Who Doesn't Believe m C'hrist-
X mas is as familiar n type, ordinarily, ns
the man who doesn't believe thnt the nations
of the eaitli can ever lie paiilled and taiiRht
to live together in reason ami friendliness.
He can have faith in the tariff or in his
political party or in his hank. But Christ
mas is not for him. lie will tell you fiercely
that an ironic world, blinded and bewildered
by its hatreds and aching with innumerable
wounds, lnis had to wait loo long for the
iiiiuiimeiii 01 ine l'romie
The mood of iron pessimism will grip him
until a day or two before ChristmaH. Then
he melts nml goes forth to spend money with
Isitli hands, to buy clothes for children and
food for the hungry ami foolish nnd elegant
things for his friends and. if ho be an
ultra-moderti among millionaires, a la vnllipro
of precious stones for the cook. The magic
that operated in tho world for almost two
thousand years before Dickens, tried to
nu.ilye it descends quiellj upon him
It ues. ends on everybody like a thing out
of the kies If you wish to tr an interest
ing experiment, you will find it almost im
possil,.. t B,.t jourself arrested todin or
tomtit row Traffic policemen will be for
bearing Their patience will have a tine, an
almost mystical quality. If you should
happen to be arrested, the magistrate uroh-
nbly would send you home and beg you to
behave unless you were proved to bo ex
traordinarily mean.
For a day or two the statesmen of Europe
will not talk as if they had been drinking
heavily, (iovernmeuts will not xvaxe their
fists in the faces of other governments.
Lights will shine. Family differences and
they can be as deep nnd daTk ns any of the.
differences that beparate proud nations will
be bridged. Cousins will seem tolerable or
actimlly charming Limousines, all silk and
silver, will trundle up and down dark alleys,
and ladies and gentlem. n jH get out of them
to climb to the pluces where the b.ihed meats
of charity are warmed on oil stoves, and
i. iey will press clumps of money into tho
iiands of astounded b.ibe- People- do not
always know why they do these things once
a year. But there is a reason for it
Christmas is a lucid tnteivnl thai is s,.nt
. a benediction upon an it rational world.
1' is fixed and assured by the calendar, by
the most deeply chciished traditions of civ"
ilization uud by hopes und resolutions thut
never nrc absent from the huuiun mind,
though they are often obscured under ac
cumulated debris
It is in the light of the implication of
these duys that things don.' and left undone
by men and states always will he finally
assessed und judged. The standards are
h.xed and they arc permanent, and once a
year we have to sit down and consider and
accept tlicm. So people hurl money uroimd
as if thev weic made suddenly aware of its
comparative uselessnes.s. Politicians stop
lying about each other. TnPv have n Meet
ing .mpiession thai if isn't decent. Huh
men sit down with the poor and go invay
wondering whether the poor, with their pa"
tience. their opeu-henrtedness and their wise
tenderness, nrc not. after all. the ru h
Life becomes for a little while what it
ought te be all thioiigli tuc vear
'lucre .tie .nam Wi-c I,n ,till . Uic
wiiM. und riiey me not afraid to vendue
alter the s1Si,s and e,nietn levenleil Tee llo.m
j lioovei knew what h, was about when.
I having to obtain food to sjve the live- of
about .1 OOU.CIOI) childr-n in lauds virtually
I outlawed by the larger p.u-t of the world, hp
( began If. work ut the opening of tn- Chri.t
I mas .. a-on
J Cnristmas i- n i,n... for .Jiddim. of
, course because mldrcn hnve n.tt forgotten
how to hope and bedi-ve Hoover put up a
. greir tree, and ot. ti... tie h. had manv
T.'iousancis ot s.ni ,. e ,., ttimp, i,Pll UI1()
wui-n the iionds (.aiheie.l i,j ,.,. vvhut ttiey
siiceiild ee all tiit-s.. 'ainp, (.rH syJclcnlV
lighted so that the h.avv arepn hnit.clies
"" irit-I suddeiilv powejtrtd with xvhitu and
UZllllg light Ami thPtl the unnlo V..I..1
, had given thei jiih were ..I, thnt each
little lamp twinlv ng ' n. tila.e shone for
j a young lite that hud been -m,,, from t.s.
fngiiishin-tif hv j .ingei p..f,r,le who saw
all this found tl.ut they 'oiilcln't count the
lights 'm ,.p .(,,., ,.,,. ,0 maJV 1( ,1(,y
I s. . in., , trr-.J l,y heivv IiitSt-
j Ii. u.e .Hinds ot main wlio went to see
I Heeeoei'. i'hr,.tmin tree ii,cr,. Imped up a
iec. i i. ..,.,! . f something read in the
I gie .iinj t.n oir times ,e fop. Mr. .Shaw and
'1... ..ici.- Mr W'-lls unci the higher criti-
i-r r was about a tioud man who did
i u. . eve hi Cinema, He trudged a
-' r..ud to Ii.imn.e us, ami u greul light
. -nt to Idiiicl I,im m ordei that lie might
' ' " And tli. re wns a gi..at cry thut.
u -tub d now. seems to belong a much
'. future u. to the past, nnd to huve
' ' ."frod us u cry f immunity itself a-
ll an nf the .Man who came to lead men
a line way thut the, should go. '.'-'.ml
uul whv per-ectest thou uie'-"
el i. . .1 . ec-i . . . , .
.. ee. ......... ,, im,. ,,. i,,Ul. iariH i
t leirueci iriumpiiantiv ti.e people who tonic!
, not c-otiut tiiem leuliKod that enough people-
hail been killed that then- had been enoi,'h
scitlenng among tne innocput The road "to
1 IJutiiiiiCUs runs ive-rywheie and all sorts of
people me travel. ng i toduv - in hmousin. s
, ami on foot It j. truve!e, hv lonesome men
( with g..us on their siiouhlers It will hi,
. news in ii good mnnv Auiericiins to know
'hnt our own solders nf liermanv Imvc
be.-n giving up their pay to make Christmas
I happy for he forlorn little chlldien whose
' fa'li.rs on. e i.eci to try to kill them
'I ,.e rem! i great nun of this wot 1.1 heln-vu
u Cniistma. They do a great dual moie
Tiny try to Ine and nc-t as if the moods and
obligation of tins particular seuson wens
th" only on. s worthy of respect at nil times
i. kc Paul, they never weary .ef turning out
their hands to the hurrying and heedless und
distraite,! multitudes even when (he multi
tudes clisda'n i hem They, too. are am
bassadors in chains The chains that weigh
hinvilv upon them an- hamiiieied out, by Un
people in whose l.chulf they cheerfully in
dure ignominy innundei standing, loneliness
and defeiil.
Their Cbristmase, are not alwnvs ruerrr
But you n 1 not wish them n huppy new
year All their years tire happy.
In n little time the bright miiacle will
have pus-teed. Money will sei-m very valu
able again The Man Who Doesn't Believe
in Christmas will f.el thnt he was right in
lcfuslug to lpievn in it. The clamor will
be resumed in the capitals of the world at
the point whero it ended yesterduv. Limou
sines will stick to the asphalt and it will be
easy to get arrested nnd ministers of state
will bellow nngiily nt each other across
mountains and oceans and the world will
again grumble nbojt 's wounds, lis debts
M JlAl lbi3LJL(J LEDEl
nnd its heavy burdens and wonder why all
these things should be.
It will not remember, of course, thnt the
answer to all its questionings was plainly
slated two thousand years ago and that It
still stubbornly refuses to try the one method
that could bring the peace it seeks. Nor
will it remember that it has just witnessed
a recurrence of the nnnunl miracle that seems
to be willed ns proof thnt war and peace
are alike made, not by governments, but in
the hearts of men.
The is peace now. You will find it
everywhere e.ven between bitter enemies.
Because it is the sort of peace thnt confer
pulps of statesmen cannot mnke, people in
desolated Intids will hope again and hnve
courage. Forsaken homes will be revisited
after long journeys. Little houses in the
New England snows or far from all familiar
roads will show their lights to guide the
waiiilerels back again. All life falls sud
denly into forms which reveal the fine sim
plicity und wliolesomcne.s.s of human nature
relieved momentarily from the press of false
bellef.s and foolish desires.
The mle of existence thnt can so comfott
a whole world is no secret. It is uttered a
thousand times n day by men who cannot
get others to listen to them. It has been
translated into every lnngutige. Yet there
is only one day In every year when all people
accept il wholly and without question
BRAZILIAN BOUQUETS
THE cordiality with which Secretary Colbv
lias boon received in Rio de .Janeiro was
to have been expected. For nenrlv n hun
dred years the Fnitcd States hns had no
htnuchcr friend in South America than
Brazil, and none of her sister republics has
accepted the explicit meaning of the Monroe
Doctrine with less criticism nnd with more
open favor.
It is perhaps typical of human nature that
the chief beneficiaries of the Monroe Doctrine
have sometimes betrayed n tendency to ques
tion its validity and to misconceive its sim
ple significance
The theory of America (in the govern
mental sense) for Americans, which is the
basis of tho principles enunciated by James
Monroe In his presidential message of 1S23,
was primarily expressed ns n warning to the
Holy Alliance of Russia. Austria and Prus
sia. These nations, banded together in a
league against liberalism, viewed with oi
tretne disfavor the success of tho Spanish
possesions in America in thcTr wars of in
dependence. It was first of all to safeguard
the new republics that the most celebrated of
American foreign policies wus formuluted.
The case, save rather indirectly, did not
involve Bnu. The origin of that nation is
unique, since it presentee the only instance
on u-cotd of n colony becoming the head of
ltd own mother country. This in effect was
what happened when the conquests of Nn
poletm drove the Portuguese rovnl family
to firazil In 1S07
Dynastic- and other quarrels culminated
in the very year of the publication of the
Monroe Doctiine in the independence of the
largest South American nation under an
emperor of that i-ame house of Rruganzu
which possessed the Portuguese crown.
Since it was not .so much to ptotect Spain
us in c-iiecii uie progress of democracy that
the Holy Alliance was formed, Europe on
the whole adopted a noninterference policy
concerning Brazilian-Portifgucso disputes.
Old World teactionaries were not seriously
disturbed by the cteatioti of un independent
empire on the American continent. In fact,
desitc for something more of the same thing
led to the disastrous attempt to maintain the
Ilapsbuig Maximilian upon a Mexican
throne
When Brazil turned republican bloodlcsaly
and effectively, in IV!, the nation was
sufficiently developed und sufficiently power
ful to tuke cure of itsc If
The compliments paid by Senator Alficdo
Ellis in the .Monroe Doctrine when Mr.
Colby landed on Brazilian soil the other day
weie tmrcforc conceived in a sphit ,.f ,is"-
pa innate, detac lmient. Of Brazilian sin-
ecrity there can be no question Hut ,. I
loe Doctiine enthusiasm in Bio de .laii.-iio
is iioi wi inn sense pavuient for pust favors
The cciisitivcnes, 0f men or nntioiis from
whom giatltude is due is usually extreme
This explains in p.irr the necessity for up
plving the utmost delicacy in our n lutions
withilie Sp.iui-I,--p.-aking countiics of tins
hemisphere S.-ve ..il ,,f them, moieovei- ate
now well beyond the .(age in which the pio-Ic-ttioli
of a great neighbor cuu he called
necessary
The friendship winch Mr Colby's travels
aie intended t i I...ct must be five liom the
k-asl hint ,.f condescension to be fruitful.
The pat Ii of diplomatic ro-es tiod at Bio
is nor an a., unite indication of the com
plexities iuv. ilu-d in the rest of his mission.
WHAT KNOX TALK MEANS
WE ABE indebted to the New iork Herald
f.u the report that Ooveriior Sproul.
while he- was in Marion, uiged the Presi
dent t-let t to appoint .Senator Knox to the
i ubiiic-i.
Whe t.'ier the icpoit bus ani- basis in fact
w.- do not know, but it is not diffi, wJl to
believe that the Governor would like to hnve
un oppoitimity to appoint a successor to Mr
Knox in the Senate ut the beginning of a
new Republican ndiuini-liution in Wash
ington Senator Knox doeS not trouble him
self with the nft'uirs of practical politic h
He leaves all thut to Senator Penrose. So
long us Mr. Knox remains in the Senate Mr
Pentose will be the chief, if not the only'
distributor of natiuual patiouage in this
stale
If .Mr Knox should enter the cabinet it
is generally believed that the Governor would
appoint us his successor in the Senate Wil
liam E. Crow, of Unlontown. chnirmnn e.f
the Republican stute committee. No Mr
Crow is a practical politician who has am
bitions of his own to be .something more
thnn an echo of the senior senator. If he
cliould go to Washington he would insist on
his shnre of federal patronage and Mr
Penrose, would not have everything his own
wav.
Those, who keep tha local political situation
in mind will be able to give to Marion re
ports about Senntnr Knox am the cabinet
such weight us they deserve.
THE FARCE GOES ON
rpllE Fordney emergency tariff bill which
J. was introduced in the House on .Mon
day, was passed on Wednesday bv a ma
jouty of 110. The vote wus RJIJ to &fl.
And jet tho House complains of sena
torial (repass on its constitutional preroga
tive 'to frame icvenue bills' 'nJ() prtS8nK0
of a tariff bill Jewing duties on (t HCOrp or
moie of ngiicultural products with only three
days between its introduction and its adop
tion is a sin lender to Ihu Seuoto 'of the
function of tuiiff making
The bill is a political sop to Hie fanners
Tho wava weie greased for it ow ,mt ,j1(,
Housu law done its part it can tell the
fnrmerr. that picssure of other business In
the Senate made it difficult if not impossible
to bring the bill to u votp thpre. It Jh Im
probable that the Senate will take the meas
ure seriously. Thcie may be some attempt
to play politics with it, but it is unthinkable
thut the senators will bring it to n vote
"What financial legislation is passed must be
the rfbult of careful study of the situation
and u detailed discussion of the merits of
each specific proposition. The real work
will begin after March d. when there 's a
man In the White Hoiifp Jn sympathy with
lu plans of the majority JL Congress,
lJHiLAJDiiiLiHIA, lUtlDAY, DEOEMJBER 24,
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
How the Boss of tho Limousines
Lords It Over Those Who Occupy
the Seats of the Mighty
,r .si n' SA.KAII d. LOWRIB
T DO not urriliinrllv sit in the "seats of the
-L mighty" boxes or pnrquct whon I go
to the opera, nor do I generally belong to the
carriage folk," but the other night for
MvlNtufelp" I did both, being n guest.
I Whs nwarc for the first time how well
the applause sounds to n sitter In the
parquet from the two upper gnllerles. It
sounds so discriminating, for It comes quite
irrespective of the applause from the pnrquct
nnd for quite ojlier artists.
I was interested nt the grumbling over
the discomfort of the sents in the parquet.
I do not know whether there Is rcnlly less
space per person there tbnn In the nnnne.
most galleries, but It is decidedly cooler nnd
ins no pitch, and I think the space for a
looK-ieggeu person is probably just ns
cramped. Am there is less "visiting" in
the upper galleries, there is, of course, nlso
less scraping in nnd out past the end per
sons, who hate to rise.
Why do end persons hate to rise? They
must know when they choose their sents that
thev will hnvc to!
On the whole the gnllery seats -nrc no'
ne.irly so comfortable, but no one grumbles
nbmit discomfort. It is only when n thing
is badly done on the stage that there Is real
grumbl ng. Then It sounds like the parquet.
JJut it is the getting nwny from the opera
When you nre "enrrlnce feilk" i o it.,..
ouslue folk thnt is the real adventure. I
never could have had thnt experience If I
ii I10Mbrc,nn B'10"1 " t"e "seats of the
m ghty. Hip first and second opera,
when I was there in tho usunl wnv. when
J wanted to.go homo T just wnlked oiit! But
that is not the way it is douo by the parquet
nnd boxes.
Let mo tell you how the high cerpmonv
of leaving by a limousine is managed.
TN A REMOTE corner of the entrance hnli
x of the Academy there Is arranged a sort
of platform, upon which stands the god of
the limousines. Ho is n very fall, brond
African, with n face that has somo signlfi
cont marking upon the nose, forehead and
cheek.
Attached to his left ear Is n metnl phono
?n(V, hi? ,Iins nn nd Instable spcakinjr tube,
in his right hand he holds n very bent
megaphone.
.I'r?"'1. "en nnl benutJful ladles press
about his throne nnd adjure him ho does
not even glance nt them. Trembling oldish
adies hold out little white disks for him
to glance at. JIo does not remove his eyes
irom the unseen illstnn At,i i.,..
whisper their would-be lucky numbers Into
his ,ur by climbing up a step or two of
the brond stairway and leaning oter his
stalwart back. He makes no sign. Moments
pass: the crowd presses prayerfully about
iii th hfM(.cr..i ........ . , p. . .
: ; -." m-i mini's rlP irom wic press,
lovely combinations of color surge up it
waves, perfectly arranged coiffures mass and
confront linn, he mutters into his tube in n
low, continuous muimur. ns though 1. were
ulone by the sea communing with nature.
'TIEN minutes pass. Fifteen To any one
-1-, entering thnt stately hall and seeing" that
raised African figure with Its immovable
sinister face and pinving. inarticulate lips,
fawned "p. pon by a swaying crowd of worried,
immaculately dressed, beseeching men nnd
women, the sight could only admit of one
explanation, n new religious cult nt worship!
I lion suddenly without warning he bpgnti
.o'e"tm"n,I"rs' AfirMt 1-n'HnBly nnd far
.mart. Ilk.' an unwilling ouiin board, and
then with Vevver Intervals of dreaiiness
As each number was called one or another
night assemblage out into Hie
When our own number was called ".T'd
Sin chon j u,.0,i strif I discovered the
meaning of the darting motion. If jon
did not get to Station I, Broad stieet hv
n Hying leap your limousine would hnve
come and gone. For. though the street wus
empty us n new pocket, the police waved
all ownerless motors out of their sight with
out mercy or tdnv
I was on the stair n little out of the wind
when that No .1-.11 was bawled bv lie
god on the platform. My hostess had n
wenly-foot start on me. I rnuglit up with
'n'Tii".'.! ."'"IV;- . ?'" T '"I1 i( l'-v Jroading on
H,I(I -Pr,'l"ll"g havoc among less-storieci
" ' ""' jo-ccnig ngiiinsi a uuilwaladc
uitis More than one of them guve ine
what might he called "one look "
lut I judge that all but the last dozen
eTwai;i aSri'. "XiN f10'" """--'tuary
A PART fiom the satisfaction of seeing
lmTl1i'V'l,t0,', MV01" nn'1 Kntnishcd like a
billiard table, emptv ns a church between
services. T do not know what there ii j j
tor the police fo vn.pt. of .ours" a
sense of power Bt f(- t,nf tolnu,
with the liatteri-d megnnhone. It i judgment
day nntlcipnt.,1! t one wild liglViiare
of power come true! K
Any white man would go delirious under
the intoxicating draft of heady notenev vot
so the Africa,,' ll,s j, the dlgnitv of one
bom to rule.
Hounds at Master's Funeral
ttl ' J.OIltldfl ( ,i ,, ,
lioun.ls stooil t the churchy aid gate, ,
when the casket containing their late ,,"
tors ashes had h,. lowered int.. their list
iTned'grave1.'' '"" ' '"C,, 1,nS '"' !
What Do You Know? f
QUIZ
1 Wlifi au.l vvhm Is tho l.eonlne City- .
2 "forlV" ""' ,"famns of "'0 Stotch "word
3 NTr ifrnir,,erals Prominent In the
4 "ovVr'ea'ch"-1 "'e lha,',,c,r ' lr Giles
ln(what c.nturv did Sir Isaac .Wwton
Who wioto the music of
I.OHlSc
the opeia
7 What part of a ship Is tho ro.ecnttlo'.'
b. Who w.ih tlm only President of the,
t'n ted State,, who was elected then Je"
rour iiioiu years, re-elected
tc Wlie-n did the BUHSO-Japanes., .,r break
10 What u th,. nania ifiveu to tin, sunn
icppni.nt path among: the sluis
"Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1 cir.d lest ve, incriy centlcnien. w .(l
coinmon form of the. openln.r of tho
well-known Christinas cuiol It s
aFserti-d by some, however, that the. linn
should be punctuuud as follows "ijocl
lest you merry, gentlemen" This eon
'untlcm Is based on the fact thnt "(lod
jest ye merry" was un e-st&l,n3hed old
Kngllsh phrase. m
- Tamerlano or Tlmur was a. Tartar ruler
who conquered Persia, central Asia and
it great part of India HIh capital wna
USs'-m'S" Turkestan n,s dates aro
' The sta wai the dominie i, of the Gi.elc
god Poseidon A Blmllnr doltv was
.ailed Neptuno by the, ftomaiis
i In the famous eiiKnBeinnnt In th.. Ameri
can Revolution between his shin the.
llonhomme Richard and the rit Lh
vjesel SernplB. John Paul JoneH, wiie
calltd upon to nurrendei, erie-d out "Wo
hnvu only just begun to light !"
b Oi.lv uno klnu of Rngland was named
John. Ho ruled from lliill to 121b.
C The "Nlagnra of IJrazll ' is the great -at-araot
of Paulo Affonso on the Hao
Francisco river.
7 Tho Kospola of Matthew and John nre
attributed to original disciples of Jesus.
S "Rlgoletto," "ii Trovatore," "La Travl
ata" n,nd "Alda" aro operaw by Verdi.
'.. The middle Atlantic legion wan tho llrst
to expreru official approval of the United
States Constitution. The llrst state 40
ratify was Delaware, followed by Penn
vnnla nnd Now Jersey.
10 Tho Rubicon Is n small river In Italy near
Rimini.
1 lie I
A novel cerenionv was performed at the
funeral of the late William Selbv- Lowndes
who for tvventy hv,. y,.ars wnH ,, f , ;
J haddon Chase Hunt. During the s.-rvlco
twenty-one eounh-s ,,f iu ii, ,WM,
- (III "IIUlll.ll Till W tit
I
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"ti i jztj3 .." , ' tjWIrjmii'ltCBIjriitjftlWi iviiS n j leKsts7rt1
NO W MY IDEA IS THIS !
Daily Talks Willi Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They
Know Best
By GEORGE E. LLOYD
On Trend of Thrift
WITHIN the year IliPie lias been a striking
increase in saving, according to George
h. Lloyd, dire-tor of the savings department
or tiie Federal Reseivc Bank for the Third
distric t.'
This has been niai.'feslpcl both in the great
volume of nionev that has come into the
various banks of the state, says Mr. Lloyd,
and in the enormous number of new de
positors. "Since- last year." Mr. l.lovd said "there
has been an iniicaso f 70 ,,,.,. ,.,,,lt jn de
posits in savings baiil;-i throughout the state.
I he amount of money in dollars and cents
would urn up to many millions of dollars.
uue ot tin. most sinking feutuies of the
movement has I n the indication, in manv
ways, thut ii is likely to be an Inereasinglv
permanent one. As an example, most of
the banks and many other institutions f,,s
tered by the federal Reserve Bank inau
gurated dining the year Chiistmas savings
funds-. The signlllcunt fact remains that
within the district fully .'iT. per cent of Ike
funds which iiitilutcilpit this season of the
year weie not used for Clnihtmas shopping
or other evps'nditun s. hut weie immediately
transfened to some other peruinnenl form of
saving or Investment. Thus manv who hud
never saved before got (heir llrst last,. 0f the
fruits of thrift ul this lime, and have liked
it so well that they uie making it a perinu-m-ut
linbit.
Manifested In Ollu-r Ways
"In muny other ways the Hunt habit is
maliileating itself in a general wav. The
various war savings movements me still
going on. Hunks Uncling that . in oui.-igement
of the habit has brought icsults m greatly in
creased deposits, nii fci.icinij. all soils of
savings propositions ludlvidualU and .nl
lectively many groups him- givvn Taiiidlv
and piogresscd 11 long win Then, uie-sev'-eral
thousand savings club, or iheir cquiva
lent in the district nt 1 1 - -. n t
"As a sign that thi- movement i. going
to be extended into the iieu generation the
school savings plan has ail.unccl gieat 1110
mentum nnd nugur.s well Im v.-ais to come
People generally n onnng to i.-alie moie
und more that it lies within ihc-ir power 10
become polentlal capitalist.
"Although the thrift movement had its in
ception dining the stress f ., 11n ,,.
erty Bonds and Ihiifl sn,p, ,,,,, Sl)(j tl)
help the cause, the full f,,,,. f ,, ,)pV(,
ment has only begun to m.ik. iNelf apparent
(lining the lust six luoulhs ,,, ,,
"In the period of tnls, p,ospi.,i,v tlll(
followed our entry into the war and during
the year nnd n half t lint fi.l'ov,,, t.,.(. was
as is generally known, a pi no, f gieut ex-'
trnvagauce. During that lime a thiil't niovc
iiient could make but little hc.ulwav But
when this period of Inlluti.,,, ,', it
course uud dellallon b.ci u,,, ,,,,,. ,,r ,1(,
....... ... aiuic o. uiu piiiiu. iiiirnl wu, ,cady
foi thrift.
Stiilio Against High l'il,,s
"This iiindp itself inuiiil. .1 , (he silent
strike against high piles thai started them
tobogganing and is still fr, ,, l)l(ll ,,)Wn.
ward. Of couise. when this deflation period
Is completed and ondiiious come back to
normnl it noes without v.,j i,i- thut there
will lie 11 readjustment. Just what fonu tlmt
will take ib the question.
"But one thing is quiie , ,,. ,s ,,
ordinary innti is tho one thai 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 r 1 s,- ,, H
the bills, and lui immbeis the j..,,,,! mnj.'ritv
of the people of the country, ,t would seen!
that he lias it 111 ids power In say just what
the coming leadjustinc-ut shull hi ' ,.(,,'.
ou the piesent price siluaiiou has been
demonstrated most inipiessivelv duilni: the
last year Tins naturally lends one 1,, 11,,,
thought thut he similarlv has it within his
power to brins about a busiuiss adjustment
that will vi oik the greater,! goi, to ..
greatest body of people.
"The simple remedy would ., ,.,M t ,
the inilvei'sal pracllc-u of thint ol ....
would the ultimate cousu , s,.vi..
money bv limiting his cxpcnilii,,,, . , ,.,., sh
sities, but lie would put into op. mtion a
mighty muihliierv thnt would ,. ,l(l ..n-,...
tive than any laws or dictum,, (ir (l,,.( ,.,.,
manipulatioiis that could he ic- ,,., .1.! ,
is precisely whul lias happened so far and It
seems almost nxiomatle that it would ,.,
tiiiue to work. uu"
"This p.inciple has worked I,,,,., VH
period of ca-y money und extravagance dm"
hue tho war and are beginning t f, B ".
realities '1 he vvoiker finding 1,10m y harder
to get than it was. and see inr .,)...., 1 .."" ."'
lieilMjj j. ...... ..., oiivi; I.VVIIItCnC'll from llP
tainty und possibly hard times, hns decided
to save for that rainy day. Tho result nf
I!!."'.', "ins"!', "&'"! ,:rl,n """'".vfr. on
the other hand, deterinined to get value for
ii,..Iri"!l10 .f"r
taken eu.Ial.y Urwtlo ..Chads; with the S."
I" tiiwii'v u iii- iuiiii; in (iri)1
1920
NO HOLD-UP HERE
p S . net,-
1
suit that he is gptting moro for his money
thnn he did.
Americans Are Resourceful '
"The people of this country are fairly re
souiceful and adaptable to changing condi
tions. Finding that they ennnot have every
thing they want, they simply do without
them, and do so without seeming to upset
their.tqinllbrium.
"The country hns reached a point whero
it is overIiidustrlnlis!Pd. Wu produce more
than we can possibly consume or find n
market for. This lias resulted periodically
111 business depressions. So if the ultimate
consumer exerts the power thnt he possesses
he i-iiii bring about an mijustment that will
mnke Hie country bettor balanced in Un
productive held und make these periods of
depicssion less frequput nnd severe. This
would not spell ruin for our industrial con
cerns either, ns they have from time to time
shown leinnrktible adaptability in fitting
their productive 1 (-.sources to meet clinnging
conditions. Thus have 1 known manv con
cerns to completely duinge their line of
business on occasion without niuterinllv af
fecting their progrc-s or their effectiveness.
eSimilaily, Uie Amerir-un worker has shown
a similar intelligence and adaptability to
11 t chunged conditions.
"Tlie-thrlft movement, then, if it con
tinues tKT. way it has Marled, may yet be thu
means of nutting the countrv on n limine
nnd moie satisfactory basis for all con
.eriled." V
; Christmas Giving I
FOR every joy the months hnvc brought,
For every perfect day.
For love and home and family.
For life's fair primrose way.
Jn thanks for happiness nnd ease -At
Christmas, give 11 tithe of these!
J C sorrow holds its bitter cup
Your shrinking lins to iiress.
If grief walks near fpr company,
Or fear, or loneliness
Give, and tliiough giving comfott hud,
Coinage of heart and pence of inind .'
Make then of sorrow nnd of joy
Your Chiistmas losary
And lor each bead (a sad, or sweet,
Or poignant uiPinorv 1
Give, in the little Christ -child's name,
Who joy to hung all children came!
. - Mimic V. CurulliL-is, in N. Y. Times.
Willi live chaiges against lilin. a voung
man 111 11 New York oo.it said he'd "draw
a coid and plead guilty to tho indictment
011 it. One cun understand his point id
view the point of view of n recklcH-, bitter
mind. But it is somowhut more difficult to
ic-concile oneself to the mentnl attitude of
the distill t utlornev who fell in with the
suggestion nd peiinitted him to "draw
on,, which proved to be thu most severe
of the five and meant ten years in prison,
oubtless the attorney thought he was doing
th- sporty thing. Perhaps he was. But it
will be hard to convince that boy that he h
being justly punished for breaking the law.
As he will see It. he was simply taking a
hance and lost out. Tlmt. too, is ' " ", y "
A young mun snld to have several
....- never tun ten wiien he mav need it. with
so many honest people wandering oroun
with money j their pockets. IJ,"t 1
chances arc hat the vouug man will several
ulinsc-s is not u bandit. An honest-to-eo.,,l
jiess bandit is never without hi" Jnt-ntt
In- wants to buy on- fmi,, pawnbroker ,0
n co .per in the w.,.1,1 will say him ,, y
is only bulling one that is ilang eious
1 :,.-. " " "- possession
Uie inforinution that nieiinaid sleuths
art- tc. capture mashers at Atlantic. City ,-xt
season conllrms tho conviction that .ess
agents never take any vacation '
1 he vote on the tniiff bill afforded on
other instance ,,f the fact tl.ut self " n,Crest
ami political exigencies nre erasers tlmt
wipe out party lines. """-ib mat
.t.sl'!..w!!,l,J'W.tMr. Iliudlns lo no.,,
ag d n SeIU-.K.-''" "'"
7" " " '" ...icNieci 1 or try ng to be 1 a
revolver to a pawnbroker. Th s of course
is us it should be A young ,,,;, w-lh1-'
'nil aliases should be forced to keen ,,y
gun Im haimens 1.. ) 1,. 1.1.. .... . ..'' ... "'
e. litis,
. . A lady has written to .Mr. HiirdiiiL
..ollililig out that "Itocisevelt. Ta ' n '
Wilson hud clean icoi-.N,- an. unr .- h
to cut out lobacco. 'lHii,Nl"..1!fc,,iBl:iii
u matter of grave Iiupoitn,,,.,.--- v ,7, i",'
jierh.ips; and then i.aiii it may he just pain
iiiiperlilieuce. J v " l puwi
SHORT CUTS
sherry Christmas t
Aren't Borah nnd Bryan the busy B's?
Tho heartless exploiter builds 'his busi
ness tear on tenr.
Jersey justico isn't nlwnys as speedy
as Jersey lightning. -
The spirit of Christmas demands nn in
visible guest this year.
The trouble with so many reformers Is
thnt they don't stay put.
ii- ,.",!:,!m llum'" nid Senator Penrose.
v ell, things probably will, senator.
The ex-kaiser isn't worrying about in
demultics due the allies. He's getting his.
No crook loves publicity. This mav ac
count for much of tho criticism of newspapers.
When Santa Clous puts candles on t
( hrlstmns tree his other name is Jesse
Holmes.
Starving children will haunt your board
tomorrow; unless you have dono something
to help the needy.
The fact is now generally admitted that
an excess-profits tax means excessive loss
to the consumer.
With scmie who declare that universal
disarmament is an impossibility the wish
is father to the thought,
Every time n Philadelphlnn hears of
local hold-ups ho should read the New York
papers und be comforted.
In the municipal poker game the Mayor
has openers. Some of the sittcrs-iu are
going to find them can-openers.
r.i lo1"' ?,'. Q"0"!"; is still dodging th
Delaware River Brldgo Joint Commission
meeting. Perhaps he Is lost in somo tunnel
maze.
I here are enough honpst men in town
10 vun the political machine hut ever fo
many of tlieni, unfortunately, don't care for
inathinery.
J he foundations having been laid by tho
besi minds in Marion, wo may look with
moie or less confidence to the erection nf a
teiriple of world peace.
Chicago's county clerk thinks marriage
licenses ought to cost us much as dog
licenses. What nils tho man? Isn't sun
shine the cheapest thing there is?
Judge Brown quoted "Honl soil qui
mnl y pense" nt the close of his "victorv"
btutement the other day. Is that n slogua
for the Order of the Barter?
Mr. Wilson will ride with Mr. narding
on inauguration day und will entertain him
at luncht-oiu There is always pleasure in
recording the fact when two courteous gen
tlcmen meut.
Despite plans made for their capture
and heavy sentences handed out to those
who have been captured, hold-ups continue
numerous. Perhaps theso fellows don't read
thu newspapers.
It would bo unjust to Governor Sproul
to sny that he has an ax to grind in urging
Seuutor Knox for a cnbiuet position; when,
tis a mutter of fnct, If ho succeeds ho will
have u Crow to pick.
That senUmental burglar who is di
verted from his nefnrious plans by the in
iiucent prattle of n child has bobbed up
again, this time in Chicago. Wonder what
that guy dues In the good old bummer time7
Since the weather man savs it won't be
a vvhlt-u Christinas, and the police will see to
It thnt it won't be Red Christinas, and
inimnim senso demands that it be not a
blue Christmas, let us, llko good Americans
compromise by making it 11 Red, White and
Blue Chrlstmus
Hooch, we nre informed, comes fmni
Hoochinoo, a distilled liquor made by In
diinis It may ho assumed, therefore, that
though there are those who put hooch in
their tea, there- is no justification for their
puttlng."l" in their hooch,
Now York has n noticeable number of
cast's of hiccough, which IX now epidemic in
Purls, but the complulnt (competent an
thorlty dee ares) hits nothing to do wit 1
hooch, This hut, nleco nf luforinallun will
bo a feverc blow to prohibition enforcement
ugents.
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